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Given the complexity and expense of making and distributing a film, the process of filmmaking is by its very nature also a political process. Through a film-by-film examination of the movies concerned with American politics, this title provides insights into American culture's perceptions of various political environments.

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A&M's affiliates were George Harrison's Dark Horse Records, Windham Hill, Ode Records, IRS Records, Cypress Records, Delos, Denon, Gold Mountain Records, Nimbus Records, Perspective, Tabu, Vendetta Records, and Word Records.

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One of the momentous events in twentieth century music was the advent of atonality and serialism, and the consequent proliferation of such avant-garde genres as total serialism, electronic music, and aleatory music.

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Composers were chosen based on the excellence of their music, their importance in the period's daily musical life, and the availability of information on their lives, music, and recordings.

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Looks at how American society has been shaped by television.

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Kim combines historical contextualization with political economy of the media and critical textual analysis to investigate the socio-ideological effects of K-Pop in the existing networks of power and domination in gender relations. He examines K-Pop female idols individualism and identity formation through the lens of Koreas cultural politics.

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Kim combines historical contextualization with political economy of the media and critical textual analysis to investigate the socio-ideological effects of K-Pop in the existing networks of power and domination in gender relations. He examines K-Pop female idols individualism and identity formation through the lens of Koreas cultural politics.

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The main corpus of film adaptation thus far has focused on films based on canonical literature. This book takes the next step by discussing various modes of film adaptation from older media to new, focusing on the computer-generated reconstructions of popular narratives and characters along with other forms of convergence such as the Internet.

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Continuities in artistic form from the fourteenth century in Italy to the present are examined, with emphasis on two overriding tendencies: (1) the formalization of visual representations and their interpretations, and (2) the association of the formality with extreme individualism in the Western world.

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Based on his acclaimed 2-Day Film School, Simens serves up a flawless and detailed blueprint for creating successful independent films. With his signature in-your-face, no-holds-barred advice, the Godfather of Independent Film teaches readers everything they need to know to create full-length feature films.

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"Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Norman Granz, Oscar Peterson, Ray Charles, Don Ellis, and Miles Davis--these are the dozen j"

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A study of Sibelius' music - his influences, use of native folk sources, belief in both rhythm and variation (the "germ motif") - placed in the context of the historical and cultural events that shaped Finnish nationalism. His standing as a composer and place in Finnish art are assessed.

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This work is a researched examination of the history and scope of musical composition by African-American women, focusing on the implications of race, gender, and class for their musical creativity, and showing how this category was shaped by the individual personalities of its participants.

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A collection of profiles of six directors of the European stage, covering the spectrum of directoral art as it developed in the 20th century. Discussed are their career, conceptions of theatre art and directing and working methods, as well as repertory and major productions.

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From the G-spot to Enlightenment is a collection of Flaviyake's photos and original quotes about MUSIC, LOVE and LIFE she came up with as result of her music activities. Flaviyake is a Pop artist, songwriter and music producer. In this book, you can see how her style has changed during the years, and the wisdom she learnt from interacting with the world as an artist.

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This book looks at how the Warner Bros. studio used edgy, stylistic, and brutally honest films to construct a view of America from 1927-1941. Author Chris Yogerst looks at how the Warner Bros. films during this period represented important cultural and social changes-from the ...

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Provides an introduction to the cultural and political dimensions of contemporary Chinese cinema. This book explores the world of Chinese underground and independent film, leading Western and Chinese scholars trace the changing dynamics of Chinese film culture. It is for those interested in a society caught between socialism and global currents.

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This is a chronology of creative contributions made by women dating from the 1790s to 1900. Among the arts covered in this volume are quilting, beadwork, dancing, diaries and memoirs, folk music, landscaping, sculpture, theatrics, etc. Entries are cross-referenced and include further readings drawn from an exhaustive bibliography of sources.

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